diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index ab0d30af7d9c..4fe4b3393e71 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ static int hugetlbfs_file_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	loff_t len, vma_len;
 	int ret;
 	struct hstate *h = hstate_file(file);
+	vm_flags_t vm_flags;
 
 	/*
 	 * vma address alignment (but not the pgoff alignment) has
@@ -164,10 +165,20 @@ static int hugetlbfs_file_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	file_accessed(file);
 
 	ret = -ENOMEM;
+
+	vm_flags = vma->vm_flags;
+	/*
+	 * for SHM_HUGETLB, the pages are reserved in the shmget() call so skip
+	 * reserving here. Note: only for SHM hugetlbfs file, the inode
+	 * flag S_PRIVATE is set.
+	 */
+	if (inode->i_flags & S_PRIVATE)
+		vm_flags |= VM_NORESERVE;
+
 	if (!hugetlb_reserve_pages(inode,
 				vma->vm_pgoff >> huge_page_order(h),
 				len >> huge_page_shift(h), vma,
-				vma->vm_flags))
+				vm_flags))
 		goto out;
 
 	ret = 0;